A well-defined low-valent cobalt catalyst Co(PMe3)(4) with dimethylzinc: a simple catalytic approach for the reductive dimerization of benzyl halides

作者：Fallon Brendan J; Corce Vincent; Amatore Muriel; Aubert Corinne; Chemla Fabrice; Ferreira Franck; Perez Luna Alejandro; Petit Marc^*

来源：New Journal of Chemistry, 2016, 40(12): 9912-9916.

DOI：10.1039/c6nj03265f

Herein, we report the first catalytic version of a cobalt-catalysed reductive homocoupling of benzyl halides which proceeds with low catalyst loadings (0.5 to 5 mol%). By synthetizing each cobalt intermediate we demonstrate that reaction proceeds through two single electron transfers (SET) and that dimethylzinc is only involved in the regeneration of the catalytic species.

• 出版日期2016-12